Power: Hadrian's core business is growing 10x year-over-year
Chris Power · Chris Power (Hadrian) on Building Autonomous Factories · Apr 1, 2025 · at 12:18
Hadrian founder Chris Power explains how his manufacturing company absorbs defense procurement delays caused by congressional continuing resolutions.
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“We're in a really good position where we can eat those long continuing resolution cycles because our core business is growing like 10 times, you know, 10 X year on year.”
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